[187714] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: About inetnum "ownership"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Kaufman)
Mon Feb 22 10:58:05 2016
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From: Matthew Kaufman <matthew@matthew.at>
In-Reply-To: <56CADCDB.2000905@ceriz.fr>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 07:57:59 -0800
To: =?utf-8?Q?J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me_Nicolle?= <jerome@ceriz.fr>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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How come we have real property "ownership"? It is nothing but a record of in=
visible boundary lines on the surface of the earth, despite the earth and it=
s land area being a shared resource for its animal and plant inhabitants.
Matthew Kaufman
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> On Feb 22, 2016, at 2:03 AM, J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me Nicolle <jerome@ceriz.fr> wr=
ote:
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> Hi,
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> How come we've had an inetnum market in place whereas an inetnum cannot
> have a market value ?
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> It's my understanding that the IP adress space is nothing but numbers
> and that RIR/LIRs are only responsible for the uniqueness of allocations
> and assignements, that is, a transfer of liability over a shared and
> common immaterial resource, between community members.
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> I'm wondering how did we made "Temporary and conditionnal liabality
> transfer" a synonym of "perpetual and inconditional usufruct transfer".
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> May you please enlight me ?
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> Thanks !
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> J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me Nicolle
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